A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By ...

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...

Thomas University celebrated academic excellence in the biological sciences with the induction of new members into TU’s chapter of the Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) Biological Honor Society.

Thanks to more than three decades of monitoring, researchers at the University of Granada reveal how human absence during the ...

Scientists are digging into one of evolution’s strangest puzzles — why only certain creatures developed minds that know they ...

A new study has revealed that successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological ...

Studying brain scans from nearly 4,000 people across the whole spectrum of human life, from newborns to 90-year-olds, a team ...

Disrupting the chemical messages that oral bacteria use to coordinate growth may help prevent disease by keeping plaque ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

Activists quietly shifting the goalposts on sex-and-gender discussion to escape the fact that they're losing the biology of ...

Fever slows seasonal flu by blocking viral replication, but bird-flu strains resist heat. New research reveals why—and what ...